Disclamer: I don't own Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho. Only this story belongs to me.
War Of The WorldsIY YYH crossover. What happens when a whole lot of demons come after Kagome for the Shikon shards? Kurama falls in love with Kagome while protecting her. Will Kagome remain faithful to Inuyasha or will he risk losing her forever.
Chapter Two The Reaction of Yusuke and Friends.
Kurama woke with a gasp, covered in a cold sweat. Breathing heavily, he wrapped the blanket tighter around his trembling body.
He still had the nightmares.
Screams. And the malicious laughter. His own.
Nightmares of his past life. The murders he committed, to achieve what he wanted. He killed for the fun of it. Tortured those that defied him. He had been cruel.
He had killed, and he had enjoyed it.
He never had a full night's sleep since he became part human and learned what it was like to be one. To have feelings. And a consciousness.
When he was Youko Kurama, he often wondered why certain humans would risk their puny lifes to save others although they knew it was hopeless. They would sacrifice themselves to save others, even strangers they did not know.
How was it that humans would struggle, going against their limits just to protect someone. To save someone, to play hero. And sometimes they would succeed or more often, die from the attempt. Wasn't it easier to leave that someone behind and save yourself? Wasn't your life more important?
However, Youko Kurama encountered greedy humans too. Ones so tainted by hatred, lust, envy, and greed. Those humans with evil in their hearts had sinister laughs and they were like calculative demons though without the powers.
It was entertaining then. To watch how humans went on with their worthless lives. He particularly enjoyed watching priestess that saved others. The mikos' that would guard an entire village with their lifes. They would battle any demons in their way, and he had often toyed with them, though he had not killed the mikos' Youko Kurama had make sure that they did not underestimate demons and thus scarred the mikos' that had dedicated their entire lifes to protect the village, and in the end dying out of fear.
Then, the barrier was constructed and he was forced to reside in the demon world. There, he just robbed others for wealth, fun and most of all, just because he wanted to prove to the other weak demons that only he, Youko Kurama could penetrate the most guarded treasury and steal the priceless assets. He too had killed the weaklings that resided there.
And he had met Kuronue.
And because of an incident, he had to flee to the human world. The human world after hundreds of years leaving it. He fled to a woman's womb and he became part of Syuichi Minamino.
Now, Kurama's two souls were one and he finally knew what good humans possess that demons cannot rival, a pure heart.
Selflessness.
Hope.
Love.
And Youko Kurama had understood what he could have done and what he should not have done. But now, his memories refused to leave him.
Was it because of regret?
Kurama got up. He wouldn't be able to sleep after that nightmare so he decided to train for a bit. He jumped down from the window and walked deep inside the forest behind his new home.
When he got deep enough in the forest to avoid being seen by others, he wasn't surprise to find Hiei leaning on a tree, awake, watching the full moon.
"Kurama," said Hiei in his deep voice. He jumped down from the tree and had his sword pointed at Kurama in a second.
"Training out so late?" It wasn't a question, but an utterance of fact. Hiei looked bored. "Get on with it"
Kurama smiled. Then the sound of his rose whip clashing with Hiei's sword went on till sun rise.
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"Nani?" yelled Yusuke and Kuwabara, their mouth hanging open. Hiei looked slightly shocked and Kurama was trying to process the information without yelling out what was trampling around in his mind. They were communicating with Koenma in the Reikai.
When Botan had come for them, Kurama had more or less expected a mission that was difficult as Botan had been solemn, unlike herself and Koenma had looked so tired and old that Yusuke had not started his usual banter with Koenma. They had expected something big.
And it was big.
A war? Between Makai, Rekai and Ningenkai? Just for a small pink ball?
Kurama could not deny the fact that he too wanted the Shikon No Tama when he had heard of it. Even a shard of the Shikon No Tama could increase a demon's power tenfold. What about the whole thing? But then again, a jewel like that had held no real interest to him as he wanted only to surpass others with his natural power, not because of a jewel. Yet, he was still shock that the three worlds would be at war to fight for the rights of possession of the Shikon No Tama.
"I am still not sure, where the Shikon No Tama is currently is but rumour of its whereabouts has already reached many S-class and A-class demons and they would be sure to move out to the Ningenkai to find it.
Kuwabara gulped audibly.
"What is this Shikon No Tama?" Yusuke asked, "I seemed to have heard of it."
"I do not really know its origins though I know that a miko, traveled with two demons, a taijiya and a monk to search for the shards of the Shikon No Tama for an unknown reason that caused it to break into a hundred pieces and flew all over Japan. A very powerful demon, whose ability was to shape-shift had gone against them and a war, the first one among the demons and humans had happened. The demon lost, but because the miko had lost control, the demon took the opportunity to flee."
"What happened to the jewel then?" Kuwabara asked.
"The Shikon had broke again, because the demon was about to have the whole jewel, and the miko could not allow that to happen, so she had pierced an arrow through the jewel, causing it to break."
"What happened in the battle?" Kurama asked curiosity got the better of him; he didn't seem to remember the battle. Maybe then, he was at a different place or he was there but couldn't remember it. But that was impossible for he remembered everything that had happened when he was still Youko Kurama.
Koenma sighed, looking older by the minute. "I witnessed the final battle myself."
"And?"
Koenma just smiled sadly, closing his eyes. "I can't really tell you, but, the miko was one of the most beautiful woman I have encountered. And she was extremely powerful."
"I thought mikos' were supposed to be extinct or something like that. Because one with pure power unlike spiritual energy was hard to find nowadays." Kurama said.
"Miko?" Yusuke had said confused.
"Yes, a priestess that used to protect their village from youkai that rampaged their homes." said Kurama.
"Well, the miko guarding it was said to have come from the future. But I think the battle that I had witnessed was the one when the Shikon No Tama broke into pieces again. I never heard of the miko again nor of her companions after that battle though it seems that they took up traveling again and strived to fight the demon that was against them. I don't think the Shikon was ever put back to one whole jewel."
"I want all of you to find the shards, and maybe find the reincarnation of the miko or if the rumour regarding the miko is really from the future is true then I want you to find her. I do not have a picture, only a memory of her, 500 years ago." Koenma had said.
Yusuke whistled, "Wow! That was a really long time ago. Who knew this chibi was that old."
Koenma gave him a glare but didn't fight back, which was pretty weird but considering the graveness of the situation, they had no time for silliness.
Hiei got up to leave, he had heard enough. He had come here because the fox had dragged him here. Curiosity got the better of him. But he wasn't gong to take part in this mission.
"Hiei. Where are you going?" questioned Koenma sharply.
"I am not bound to serve the Reikai. I have served my term of punishment and this is none of my problems."
"When the war starts, the three worlds will be in a frenzy and the past, the present and the future will come together. There will not be any safe place for you to hide and your sister. All of us are in grave danger if the Shikon No Tama's power falls into the wrong hands. We must keep it hidden and those who seek for it must perish. "
That caused Hiei to tense up.
"Besides, considering the amount of power you hold, I have no doubt that the demon that had caused the first war for the Shikon would find you as you were part of the Reikai Tantei. And your sister would be chased by a lot of demons too, and if she dies because you were too selfish to help, what would happen?"
Hiei turned and sat back down, he was seething. "I would not allow my sister to die." He ground out to Koenma who looked mildly frightened. "I could give you the worst punishment for disobeying my orders and I could have your sister be forcefully returned to Makai if you do not follow my orders. Don't you think that would break her heart?"
Hiei had struggled to keep his emotions in check. All he wanted to do was to kill Koenma. "Hn." The others kept quiet, they had no idea Koenma could be this ruthless.
"Oh, really? You don't know the powers of the demon that is after the Shikon. For all we know, he may have thousand-fold of your power."
"So what must we do?" asked Kuwabara seriously, keeping in his mind to ask who was Hiei sister, though the pink clocked, sword brandishing Hiei look-alike was imposed in his mind vividly.
"For five hundred years, after the Shikon shards broke for the second time, no news of the Shikon was ever heard, though it seems that the miko and her companions had half of the shards and the demon had one-fourth. The others were never found. After failing to get the shards from the miko, the demon apparently had gone into hiding and the miko and her companions too had disappeared."
Kurama was still reeling from the information that Koenma had given them when Koenma said that they had a second task.
"What more must we do?" asked Yusuke. He was frowning.
"The second task is you must bring back all the demons that have escaped from Makai, if they defy orders, you are allowed to kill them. "
"Hn"
"And your third task is to protect the miko when you have found her, we will need her powers to reform the Shikon No Tama if it is in pieces. " Koenma finished. "Any questions?"
"How does the miko look like?" Botan asked, speaking for the first time, and startling the boys for she had remained quiet throughout their entire conversation.
Koenma snapped his fingers and closed his eyes. The room went dark, and a picture began to form, behind Koenma. It materialized slowly, like jigsaw puzzles finding their places to form a picture.
Kurama's breath caught in his throat. So did the others.
For the miko, with those lifeless eyes that spoke so much, with blood all over her, with her mouth a thin, grim line, seemed like an angel of death.
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So… This is my first fic so support me by reviewing!
And, I am not really sure who Kagome should go with so I suppose its voting time!
Kagome / Inuyasha?
Kagome / Kurama?
Or maybe…
Kagome / Hiei?
That's all. Please review…
Yours truly, Nicolet.
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